It is good to know that this industrial paradigm – economy over ecology – is only a couple of hundred years old. Our indigenous brothers and sisters have lived in harmony with nature for thousands and thousands of years. They knew – and know – that nature is not an economic means. Nature is not a resource for the economy. Nature is a source of life. Our planet is a sacred source of life; a living organism that is the common home for us and all the other living species. Economy is a subset of ecology.

~ Satish Kumar

Sunset in Guatemala – photo by Lucy Brown, bigstockphoto.com